What I Learned About Building International Consortia
Over the past 15 years, I’ve been involved in building and working within international project consortia — from early Horizon-related…
Fainin Advisory is an international consulting practice supporting governments, destinations, NGOs and businesses in designing and implementing sustainable, high-impact initiatives across 20+ countries. We work at the intersection of strategy, governance and real-world execution — helping partners move from vision to measurable results.
Insight. Integrity. Impact.
33 years of experience • 25 countries • 197 projects
Experience across governments, international programmes and complex cross-border initiatives.
Strategic advisory and institutional leadership.
Cross-border engagement across Europe, Africa and Asia.
Public sector, donor-funded and private initiatives.
National and regional destination and governance frameworks.
We support regions, organisations and development partners through strategic advisory, tourism development and investment attraction.

We provide structured advisory for developing business initiatives, investment concepts and donor-funded programs — from

We support regions, cities and organizations in tourism and destination development — from strategy and

We support regions, municipalities and development programs in identifying and structuring investment opportunities. Our approach

We design education and capacity building programs that strengthen real delivery capability across tourism, development
We develop and support high-impact initiatives across regions, institutions and sectors.

International platform for regenerative destination development, applied learning and policy-level advisory.

Strategic territorial transformation framework integrating tourism, economic recovery and cross-municipal coordination.

Cross-border initiative connecting sustainable tourism, community livelihoods and green investment across regions.
Senior international experts engaged per project, bringing regional insight and sector expertise to every assignment.

International Expert in Cultural and Heritage Tourism

International Expert in Sustainable Destination Management and Tourism Policy

International Expert in Sustainable Tourism Development

Program Design & Methodology Advisor – Interdisciplinary Energy and Environment Initiatives
Sergiy Nerpii
Party Chief, USAID Regional Development Project
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